Man sentenced for stealing lottery tickets

Posted:
Monday, February 1, 2010 11:52 PM EST

ORANGE CITY (KWWL) - Authorities in Sioux County say a 22-year-old former convenience store clerk will spend a week in jail and two years on probation for stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from his former employer. Prosecutors say David Ryan Lewison of Hawarden was caught on surveillance tapes taking 220 of the tickets from the Kum & Go shop last Nov. 1. They say Lewison scratched off all the tickets and redeemed the winning ones for $120. As part of his sentence, Lewison was ordered to reimburse Kum & Go for the tickets he stole, and to pay $120 back to the Iowa Lottery for his winnings on the stolen tickets.